Family: Lily [Liliaceae] |
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Erythronium |
Fritillaria |
Gagea |
Lilium |
Tulipa |
Some Genera have been moved out of the Lily Family:
Lilies mostly appear to have 6 petals, but in reality they have three petals interspersed by three equal-length sepals the same colour as the petals, and therefore look as though they have six petals. Many Genera which were once thought to belong to the Lily Family have since been found to be not quite as well related to them as was once thought, and have been moved into either other existing families, or into new families especially created to cater for their particular characteristics as perceived at this point in time (it may change again). The former Lily Family has been particularly adversely affected by these recent taxonomic changes.
For Genera previously within the Lily Family, some have now been re-moved a second time within the duration of a decade and a complicated picture currently emerges. The following Families are no longer within the Lily Family umbrella: At a stroke, this, and other re-arrangements by taxonomists, has resulted in the plummeting in the number of Families. Currently, as of 2009, only 170 remain. If this rate continues, it wont be long before there is only one Family!
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[LILIUM] Lilies
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Pyrenean Lily. (Lilium pyrenaicum) | Photo: © RWD |
Martagon Lily (Lilium martagon) | Photo: © Mike Baldwin |
[GAGEA] Star-of-Bethlehems
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Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem (Gagea lutea) | Photo: © Mike Baldwin |
[FRITILLARIA] Fritillary
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Fritillary. (Fritillaria meleagris) | Photo: © David Pilling |
[ERYTHRONIUM] Dog's-tooth-Violet
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Dog's-Tooth Violet (Erythronium dens-canis) | Photo: © Dawn Nelson |
Family: Lily [Liliaceae] |